. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 610 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. work. Ill every case tbey are cut out of one jiiece of timber. The rep- resentation given (Fig, 133) is from a boat built at Kannefjord, in the Kordlands Amt, about latitude 66° north. They Jire called''keiper," and the same term "keiper" is found in old Icelandic Sagas.' The keiper consists of a piece of wood fastened to the gunwale by wooden pegs, bearing an oblique prolongation at one e
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 610 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. work. Ill every case tbey are cut out of one jiiece of timber. The rep- resentation given (Fig, 133) is from a boat built at Kannefjord, in the Kordlands Amt, about latitude 66° north. They Jire called''keiper," and the same term "keiper" is found in old Icelandic Sagas.' The keiper consists of a piece of wood fastened to the gunwale by wooden pegs, bearing an oblique prolongation at one end, and furnished with a loo]> of wickerwork rope or leather. TPig. 134. RuDDEE OK Tune Ship. ?TiK el r„i thr(mgh which the oar is i>assed, and which ]»reyeiits its slipping out of the keiper while rowing. Of thwarts no trace was tVmnd and their luimber can therefore only be estimated from the number of ribs. The rudder (Fig. 134), which was found lying across the vessel, is of fir; its original position had been somewhere before the sternpost on the right side of the shi]). It consisted of a plank in the shape of a broad oar 4 feet 7 inches long and 10^ inches wide, the lower portion of which, in the middle and 7 inches from the upper edge, was provided with a round hole through which it was fastened to the side of the shij) by means of a rope, while its short, round upper neck was caught by a grummet. A small aperture in the opposite direction of the blade was made in the upper part of the neck for the tiller, which stood perpen- dicularly on the flat side of the blade. The rudder was mounted with iron,'to which one or more cranii^s Avere added down toward the heel of the rudder. One of the points of especial interest is the peculiar manner in which the mast was secured. A large, square hewn oaken block (Fig. 135), extending in uniform length over five frame timbers and live beams, is Forniiia-iiiiii Srniur: Siioi'vc's E. Please note that these images are extra
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